new semester here we go

338/hangman/Hangman.java

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+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class Hangman {
+	// addes a new found character to the string
+	public static void newChar(String source, char[] target, char c) {
+		// putting a new char into the target string
+		for(int i =0; i<source.length(); i++) {
+			// only pass through the matches in the string
+			if(source.charAt(i) == c) {
+				target[i] = c;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// deals with normal guesses 
+	// only given good input
+	public static void guessHandler(char c, char[] prog, String source) {	
+		boolean found = false;
+		// looking to see where we need to change the progressive array
+		for(int i =0;i<source.length();i++) {
+			if(source.charAt(i) == c) {
+				prog[i] = c;
+				found = true;
+			}
+		}
+		if(found) {
+			System.out.println(c+ " is in the word");
+			System.out.println("Progress so far: " + new String(prog));
+		}
+		else {
+			System.out.println(c+ " is not in the word");
+		}
+	}
+
+	// checks if we're given an alphabet character
+	public static boolean alphaChar(char c) {
+		if(c < 'A') {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if(c>'Z' && c<'a') {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if(c > 'z') {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// Returns a new character to put into the word
+	public static char useHint(String prev, String full) {
+		for(int i =0;i<prev.length()-1;i++) {
+			if(full.contains(prev.charAt(i) + "")) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			else { 
+				return prev.charAt(i);
+			}
+		}
+		return '\0';
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		System.out.println("\tHangman");
+		System.out.print("Enter a word: ");
+
+		// read stdin
+		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
+		String raw = scan.nextLine();
+
+		// keep track of the player's progression
+		char[] progArr = new char[raw.length()];
+		StringBuilder guessChars = new StringBuilder();
+
+		// ignore spaces by setting them to '#'
+		for(int i =0;i<raw.length();i++) {
+			if(raw.charAt(i) == ' ') {
+				progArr[i] = '#';
+			}
+			else {
+				progArr[i] = '_';
+			}
+		}
+
+		// bannering
+		System.out.println("So far the word is :" + new String(progArr));
+		System.out.println("You have 4 guesses remaining.");
+
+		int guessCount = 4;
+		// Dealing with main game loop here
+		while(true) {
+			System.out.print("Enter either 1 for guessing or 2 for hint: ");
+			String attempt = scan.nextLine();
+
+			if(attempt.contains("1")) {
+				System.out.print("Enter your guess: ");
+				attempt = scan.nextLine();
+				// if we have good input we can go through a normal check
+				if(alphaChar(attempt.charAt(0))) {
+					guessHandler(attempt.charAt(0), progArr, raw);
+					guessChars.append(attempt.charAt(0));
+					System.out.println("Characters used: " + guessChars.toString());
+				}
+			}
+			else if(attempt.contains("2")) {
+				if(guessCount == 0) {
+					System.out.println("No more guesses/hints left!");
+					continue;
+				}
+				guessCount--;
+				System.out.println(guessCount + " guesses left.");
+
+
+				// find a fresh character
+				char hint = useHint(guessChars.toString(), raw);
+				guessHandler(hint, progArr, raw);
+				// adjust the running track 
+				guessChars.append(hint);
+				System.out.println("Characters used: " + guessChars.toString());
+			}
+			else {
+				System.out.println("Invalid input");
+			}
+
+			// exit condition
+			if(new String(progArr).contains("_")) {
+			if(progArr.toString().contains("_")) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			else {
+				System.out.println("Congrats!");
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+}